FRIDAY, March 29, 2024
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Four dead, one injured as pickup enters oncoming lane

Four dead, one injured as pickup enters oncoming lane

Four people were killed and another severely injured when a speeding pickup truck crashed head on into an oncoming trailer truck in Loei’s Phu Kradueng district early Wednesday.

Police said the accident happened at 3am at the Ban Sampang intersection on Chumpae-Mueang Loei Road in Tambon Huaysom.
All of the victims were riding the pickup. The trailer truck driver was unhurt.
Three people, including pickup driver Boonsi Phosasin, 50, died at the scene, the fourth at hospital. The dead have not been identified.
Trailer truck driver Nisai Kanchanakanho, 46, told police the pickup was coming from the opposite direction and suddenly swerved into his lane in the middle of the intersection. The collision destroyed the pickup’s entire front end.
No charges have been laid, but CCTV footage from the scene is being reviewed.

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